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Title: Enhanced autonomic shutdown of Li-ion batteries by polydopamine coated polyethylene microspheres

Abstract

Thermally triggered autonomic shutdown of a Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is demonstrated using polydopamine (PDA)-coated polyethylene microspheres applied onto a battery anode. The microspheres are dispersed in a buffered 10 mM dopamine salt solution and the pH is raised to initiate the polymerization and coat the microspheres. Coated microspheres are then mixed with an aqueous binder, applied onto a battery anode surface, dried, and incorporated into Li-ion coin cells. FTIR and Raman spectroscopy are used to verify the presence of the polydopamine on the surface of the microspheres. Scanning electron microscopy is used to examine microsphere surface morphology and resulting anode coating quality. Charge and discharge capacity, as well as impedance, are measured for Li-ion coin cells as a function of microsphere content. Autonomous shutdown is achieved by applying 1.7 mg cm–2 of PDA-coated microspheres to the electrode. Furthermore, the PDA coating significantly reduces the mass of microspheres for effective shutdown compared to our prior work with uncoated microspheres.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1238061
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1556593
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Power Sources
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 269; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; Li-ion batteries; thermal shutdown; polyethylene microspheres; polydopamine coating

Citation Formats

Baginska, Marta, Blaiszik, Benjamin J., Rajh, Tijana, Sottos, Nancy R., and White, Scott R. Enhanced autonomic shutdown of Li-ion batteries by polydopamine coated polyethylene microspheres. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.07.048.
Baginska, Marta, Blaiszik, Benjamin J., Rajh, Tijana, Sottos, Nancy R., & White, Scott R. Enhanced autonomic shutdown of Li-ion batteries by polydopamine coated polyethylene microspheres. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.07.048
Baginska, Marta, Blaiszik, Benjamin J., Rajh, Tijana, Sottos, Nancy R., and White, Scott R. 2014. "Enhanced autonomic shutdown of Li-ion batteries by polydopamine coated polyethylene microspheres". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.07.048. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1238061.
@article{osti_1238061,
title = {Enhanced autonomic shutdown of Li-ion batteries by polydopamine coated polyethylene microspheres},
author = {Baginska, Marta and Blaiszik, Benjamin J. and Rajh, Tijana and Sottos, Nancy R. and White, Scott R.},
abstractNote = {Thermally triggered autonomic shutdown of a Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is demonstrated using polydopamine (PDA)-coated polyethylene microspheres applied onto a battery anode. The microspheres are dispersed in a buffered 10 mM dopamine salt solution and the pH is raised to initiate the polymerization and coat the microspheres. Coated microspheres are then mixed with an aqueous binder, applied onto a battery anode surface, dried, and incorporated into Li-ion coin cells. FTIR and Raman spectroscopy are used to verify the presence of the polydopamine on the surface of the microspheres. Scanning electron microscopy is used to examine microsphere surface morphology and resulting anode coating quality. Charge and discharge capacity, as well as impedance, are measured for Li-ion coin cells as a function of microsphere content. Autonomous shutdown is achieved by applying 1.7 mg cm–2 of PDA-coated microspheres to the electrode. Furthermore, the PDA coating significantly reduces the mass of microspheres for effective shutdown compared to our prior work with uncoated microspheres.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.07.048},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1238061}, journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
issn = {0378-7753},
number = C,
volume = 269,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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